[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 165 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15580-S15581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE TEMPORARY FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS ACT

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                      SANTORUM AMENDMENT NO. 2943

  Mr. SANTORUM proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 1328) to amend the 
commencement dates of certain temporary Federal judgeships; as follows:

       Strike all after ``section'' and insert in lieu thereof the 
     following:

       . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S REVISED 
                   FEDERAL BUDGET.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) On May 19, 1995, the United States Senate voted 99-0 to 
     reject the Fiscal Year 1996 budget submitted by President 
     Clinton on February 6, 1995.
       (2) The President on June 13, 1995, after the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate passed resolutions that the 
     Congressional Budget Office said would result in a balanced 

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     federal budget in Fiscal Year 2002, revised his budget.
       (3) The President said on June 13, 1995, and on numerous 
     subsequent occasions, that this revised budget would balance 
     the federal budget in Fiscal Year 2005.
       (4) The President's revised budget, like the budget he 
     submitted to Congress on February 6, 1995, took into account 
     surpluses in the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance 
     (OASDI) trust funds in calculating the deficit.
       (5) President Clinton, in his address before a joint 
     session of Congress on February 17, 1993, stated that he was 
     ``using the independent numbers of the Congressional Budget 
     Office'' because ``the Congressional Budget Office was 
     normally more conservative in what was going to happen and 
     closer to right than previous Presidents have been.''
       (6) President Clinton further stated: ``Let's at least 
     argue about the same set of numbers, so the American people 
     will think we're shooting straight with them.''
       (7) The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the 
     President's revised budget would achieve savings of $128 
     billion in Medicare through 2002 and $295 billion through 
     2005.
       (8) The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the 
     President's revised budget would achieve savings of $54 
     billion in federal Medicaid spending through 2002 and $105 
     billion through 2005.
       (9) The President has proposed savings of $64 billion in 
     ``non-health entitlements by 2002 by reforming welfare, farm 
     and other programs.''
       (10) The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the 
     President's revised budget includes proposals that would 
     reduce federal revenues by $97 billion over seven years and 
     $166 billion over ten years.
       (11) These proposed tax reductions are more than offset by 
     the President's proposed Medicare savings.
       (12) The Congressional Budget Office has determined that 
     enactment of the President's proposal would result in 
     deficits in excess of $200 billion in each of fiscal years 
     1997 through 2005.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that Congress shall enact the President's budget as revised 
     on June 13, 1995.
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                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 2944

  Mr. WELLSTONE proposed an amendment to amendment No. 2943 proposed by 
Mr. Santorum to the bill S. 1328, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert, in lieu 
     thereof, the following--
       In the event provisions of the FY 1996 Budget 
     Reconciliation bill are enacted which result in an increase 
     in the number of hungry or medically uninsured children by 
     the end of FY 1996, the Congress shall revisit the provisions 
     of said bill which caused such increase and shall, as soon as 
     practicable thereafter, adopt legislation which would halt 
     any continuation of such increase.
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                        HATCH AMENDMENT NO. 2945

  Mr. HATCH proposed an amendment to amendment No. 2943 proposed by Mr. 
Santorum to the bill S. 1328, supra; as follows:

       In the pending amendment, strike all after the first word 
     and insert in lieu thereof the following:

       . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S REVISED 
                   FEDERAL BUDGET.

       (A) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) On May 19, 1995, the United States Senate voted 99-0 to 
     reject the Fiscal Year 1996 budget submitted by President 
     Clinton on February 6, 1995.
       (2) The President on June 13, 1995, after the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate passed resolutions that the 
     Congressional Budget Office said would result in a balanced 
     federal budget in Fiscal Year 2002, revised his budget.
       (3) The President said on June 13, 1995, and on numerous 
     subsequent occasions, that this revised budget would balance 
     the federal budget in Fiscal Year 2005.
       (4) The President's revised budget, like the budget he 
     submitted to Congress on February 6, 1995, took into account 
     surpluses in the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance 
     (OASDI) trust funds in calculating the deficit.
       (5) President Clinton, in his address before a joint 
     session of Congress on February 17, 1993, stated that he was 
     ``using the independent numbers of the Congressional Budget 
     Office'' because ``the Congressional Budget Office was 
     normally more conservative in what was going to happen and 
     closer to right than previous Presidents have been.''
       (6) President Clinton further stated: ``Let's at least 
     argue about the same set of numbers, so the American people 
     will think we're shooting straight with them.''
       (7) The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the 
     President's revised budget would achieve savings of $128 
     billion in Medicare through 2002 and $295 billion through 
     2005.
       (8) The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the 
     President's revised budget would achieve savings of $54 
     billion in federal Medicaid spending through 2002 and $105 
     billion through 2005.
       (9) The President has proposed savings of $64 billion in 
     ``non-health entitlements by 2002 by reforming welfare, farm 
     and other programs.''
       (10) The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the 
     President's revised budget includes proposals that would 
     reduce federal revenues by $97 billion over seven years and 
     $166 billion over ten years.
       (11) These proposed tax reductions are more than offset by 
     the President's proposed Medicare savings.
       (12) The Congressional Budget Office has determined that 
     enactment of the President's proposal would result in 
     deficits in excess of $200 billion in each of fiscal years 
     1997 through 2005.
       (13) President Clinton stated on October 17, 1995, that, 
     ``Probably there are people . . . still mad at me at that 
     budget because you think I raised your taxes too much. It 
     might surprise you to know that I think I raised them too 
     much, too.''
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that Congress shall enact President Clinton's budget as 
     revised on June 13, 1995.
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                        FORD AMENDMENT NO. 2946

  Mr. FORD proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1328, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of the bill add the following new section:

     SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN 
                   DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY.

       (a) In General.--The President shall appoint, by and with 
     the advice and consent of the of the Senate, 1 additional 
     district judge for the western district of Kentucky.
       (b) Eastern District.--The district judgeship for the 
     eastern and western districts of Kentucky (as in effect 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act) shall be a 
     district judgeship for the eastern district of Kentucky only, 
     and the incumbent of such judgeship shall hold his office 
     under section 133 of title 28, United States Code, as amended 
     by this section.
       (c) Tables.--In order that the table contained in section 
     133 of title 28, United States Code, shall reflect the change 
     in the total number of permanent district judgeships 
     authorized under this section, such table is amended by 
     amending the item relating to Kentucky to read as follows:

``Kentucky:
    ``Eastern.........................................................5
5''.Western..........................................................

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